Surah An Nur ayat 50 Tafsir Quran 24:50

﴿أَفِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ارْتَابُوا أَمْ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَرَسُولُهُ ۚ بَلْ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ﴾
[ النور: 50]

24:50 Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allah will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

Is there a sickness disbelief in their hearts? Or are they in doubt are they uncertain of his prophethood or do they fear that God and His Messenger will be unjust to them? in judgement in other words that they will be wronged therein? No! Rather those they are the wrongdoers for shunning him.

Do they reflect the morbidity inherent in their innermost being or do they doubt the Messengers integrity or do they fear that Allah and His Messenger may deviate from the path of justice and from the principle of just dealing! No, but they are indeed the wrongful of actions

The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ ( "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey," then a party of them turn away thereafter, ) meaning, their actions contradict their deeds, and they say that which they do not do.
Allah says: وَمَآ أُوْلَـئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( such are not believers. ) وَإِذَا دُعُواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ( And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them... ) means, when they are asked to follow the guidance which Allah has revealed to His Messenger , they turn away and are too arrogantly proud of themselves to follow him.
This is like the Ayah: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُواْ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ( Have you not seen those who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, ) until His saying: رَأَيْتَ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنكَ صُدُوداً ( you see the hypocrites turn away from you with aversion ) 4: 60-61. وَإِن يَكُنْ لَّهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُواْ إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ ( But if the truth is on their side, they come to him willingly with submission. ) means, if the ruling will be in their favor and not against them, then they will come and will listen and obey, which is what is meant by the phrase مُذْعِنِينَ ( willingly with submission. ) But if the ruling will go against him, he turns away and demands something that goes against the truth, and he prefers to refer for judgement to someone other than the Prophet so that his false claims may prevail.
His acceptance in the beginning was not because he believed that it was the truth, but because it happened to be in accordance with his desires.
So when the truth went against what he was hoping for, he turned away from it.
Allah said: أَفِى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ ( Is there a disease in their hearts... ) meaning, their situation cannot be anything else, they must necessarily have a disease in their hearts, or else they have some doubts about the religion, or they are afraid that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust in their ruling against them.
Whichever it is, it is pure disbelief, and Allah knows which of these characteristics each one of them has.
d بَلْ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ ( Nay, it is they themselves who are the wrongdoers. ) means, they are the evildoers who commit immoral actions, and Allah and His Messenger are innocent of the injustice and unfairness that they imagine; exalted be Allah and His Messenger above such a thing.
Then Allah tells us about the attributes of the believers who respond to Allah and His Messenger and who seek no other way apart from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger .
Allah says: إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ( The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them, is that they say: "We hear and we obey". ) meaning, to hear to obey.
Allah describes them as having attained success, which is achieving what one wants and being saved from what one fears.
So Allah says: وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ( And such are the successful. ) Concerning the Ayah: أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ( they say: "We hear and we obey". ), Qatadah said: "We were told that when `Ubadah bin As-Samit, who had been present at Al-`Aqabah and at Badr, and was one of the leaders of the Ansar, was dying, he said to his nephew Junadah bin Abi Umayyah: `Shall I not tell you what you must do and what is your due' He said, `Yes.' He said: `You have to listen and obey when times are easy and when they are hard, when you feel energetic and when you do not want to, and when you feel selfish.
You have to train your tongue to speak the truth.
Do not go against those who are in authority, unless they openly command you to commit acts of disobedience to Allah.
Whenever you are commanded to do something that goes against the Book of Allah, then follow the Book of Allah."' Qatadah said: We were told that Abu Ad-Darda' said, "There is no Islam except through obedience to Allah, and no goodness except in Jama`ah.
Sincerity is to Allah and His Messenger , and to the Khalifah and all the believers." He said: "And we were told that `Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say; `The bonds of Islam are La ilaha illallah, establishing prayer, paying Zakah and obeying those whom Allah has given authority over the affairs of the Muslims."' This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.
There are very many Hadiths and reports which state that it is obligatory to obey the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger, the Rightly-Guided Khalifahs and the Imams when they command us to obey Allah; there are too many of these reports to quote them all here. وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ( And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, ) in what he is commanded with, and avoid what he is forbidden, وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ ( fears Allah, ) means, for his past sins, وَيَتَّقْهِ ( and has Taqwa of Him, ) regarding sins he may commit in the future. فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُون ( such are the successful. ) means, those who will attain all goodness and be saved from all evil in this world and the Hereafter.

(24:50) Are their hearts afflicted with the disease (of hypocrisy)? Or, are they in doubt? Or, do they fear that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust to them ? In fact, they themselves are unjust. *80

Is there disease in their hearts? Or meaning

*80) That is, there can be only three reasons for such a conduct.
First, a person may not have believed at all but may only be posing as a Muslim in order to enjoy the benefits of belonging to the Muslim community.
Secondly, he might have believed but may still be having doubts about the reality of the Prophethood, Revelations, life-after-death, and even the existence of AIlah Himself.
Thirdly, he may be a believer but might at the same time be apprehending injustice from Allah and His Prophet and considering their Commands disadvantageous to him personally in one way or the other.
There can be no doubt that the people belonging to any of these categories are themselves unjust.
A person who, having such doubts and suspicions, enters the Muslim community and enjoys undeserved benefits posing himself as a member thereof, is indeed a deceiver, cheat and forger.
He is not only doing injustice to himself, practising constant falsehood and developing the meanest traits of character, but he is being unjust to the Muslim people as well, who look upon him as one of themselves merely on the basis of his verbal profession of the Faith and let him enjoy all sorts of social, cultural, political and moral relations with them as such.

 

The Treachery of the Hypocrites and the Attitude of the Believers Allah tells us about the characteristics of the hypocrites who show one thing while hiding another, and who say with their tongues, آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ مِّن بَعْدِ ذلِكَ ( "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey," then a party of them turn away thereafter, ) meaning, their actions contradict their deeds, and they say that which they do not do.
Allah says: وَمَآ أُوْلَـئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( such are not believers. ) وَإِذَا دُعُواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ( And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them... ) means, when they are asked to follow the guidance which Allah has revealed to His Messenger , they turn away and are too arrogantly proud of themselves to follow him.
This is like the Ayah: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُواْ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ( Have you not seen those who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, ) until His saying: رَأَيْتَ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنكَ صُدُوداً ( you see the hypocrites turn away from you with aversion ) 4: 60-61. وَإِن يَكُنْ لَّهُمُ الْحَقُّ يَأْتُواْ إِلَيْهِ مُذْعِنِينَ ( But if the truth is on their side, they come to him willingly with submission. ) means, if the ruling will be in their favor and not against them, then they will come and will listen and obey, which is what is meant by the phrase مُذْعِنِينَ ( willingly with submission. ) But if the ruling will go against him, he turns away and demands something that goes against the truth, and he prefers to refer for judgement to someone other than the Prophet so that his false claims may prevail.
His acceptance in the beginning was not because he believed that it was the truth, but because it happened to be in accordance with his desires.
So when the truth went against what he was hoping for, he turned away from it.
Allah said: أَفِى قُلُوبِهِمْ مَّرَضٌ ( Is there a disease in their hearts... ) meaning, their situation cannot be anything else, they must necessarily have a disease in their hearts, or else they have some doubts about the religion, or they are afraid that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust in their ruling against them.
Whichever it is, it is pure disbelief, and Allah knows which of these characteristics each one of them has.
d بَلْ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ ( Nay, it is they themselves who are the wrongdoers. ) means, they are the evildoers who commit immoral actions, and Allah and His Messenger are innocent of the injustice and unfairness that they imagine; exalted be Allah and His Messenger above such a thing.
Then Allah tells us about the attributes of the believers who respond to Allah and His Messenger and who seek no other way apart from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger .
Allah says: إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُواْ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ( The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger, to judge between them, is that they say: "We hear and we obey". ) meaning, to hear to obey.
Allah describes them as having attained success, which is achieving what one wants and being saved from what one fears.
So Allah says: وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ( And such are the successful. ) Concerning the Ayah: أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ( they say: "We hear and we obey". ), Qatadah said: "We were told that when `Ubadah bin As-Samit, who had been present at Al-`Aqabah and at Badr, and was one of the leaders of the Ansar, was dying, he said to his nephew Junadah bin Abi Umayyah: `Shall I not tell you what you must do and what is your due' He said, `Yes.' He said: `You have to listen and obey when times are easy and when they are hard, when you feel energetic and when you do not want to, and when you feel selfish.
You have to train your tongue to speak the truth.
Do not go against those who are in authority, unless they openly command you to commit acts of disobedience to Allah.
Whenever you are commanded to do something that goes against the Book of Allah, then follow the Book of Allah."' Qatadah said: We were told that Abu Ad-Darda' said, "There is no Islam except through obedience to Allah, and no goodness except in Jama`ah.
Sincerity is to Allah and His Messenger , and to the Khalifah and all the believers." He said: "And we were told that `Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say; `The bonds of Islam are La ilaha illallah, establishing prayer, paying Zakah and obeying those whom Allah has given authority over the affairs of the Muslims."' This was recorded by Ibn Abi Hatim.
There are very many Hadiths and reports which state that it is obligatory to obey the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Messenger, the Rightly-Guided Khalifahs and the Imams when they command us to obey Allah; there are too many of these reports to quote them all here. وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ( And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger, ) in what he is commanded with, and avoid what he is forbidden, وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ ( fears Allah, ) means, for his past sins, وَيَتَّقْهِ ( and has Taqwa of Him, ) regarding sins he may commit in the future. فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُون ( such are the successful. ) means, those who will attain all goodness and be saved from all evil in this world and the Hereafter.

( Is there in their hearts a disease ) doubt and hypocrisy, ( or have they doubts ) concerning Allah and His Messenger, ( or fear they lest Allah and His messenger should wrong them in judgement? Nay, but such are evil-doers ) who harm themselves and are further hypocrites.

Is there a disease in their hearts? Or do they doubt or fear lest Allah and His Messenger (SAW) should wrong them in judgement. Nay, it is they themselves who are the Zalimun (polytheists, hypocrites and wrong-doers, etc.).

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